Man, 27, is arrested after threatening to attack pro-Palestine protestors with a NAIL GUN outside Toronto synagogue

A small demonstration outside an Israeli homes expo was plunged into violence when a man armed with a nail gun launched himself at the protesters.

The pro-Palestinians had gathered outside a Toronto synagogue where the Home In Israel real estate group was showcasing properties at an invite only event.

Footage shows the moment Ilan-Reuben Abramov, 27, drove up in his car, and got out with the nail gun, yelling ‘every Palestinian will die’.

He tried knocking phone cameras away, squared up to an elderly woman and was charged with assault with a weapon after one of the protesters claimed he fired the device at them.

'I thought it was a real gun and I thought my life was going to be over in that moment,' one of the protesters told CTV News, showing them holes in his jacket allegedly caused by the nails.

Ilan-Reuben Abramov, 27, has been arrested and charged with assault, assault with a weapon, possessing a weapon dangerous to the public and mischief

Footage shows him swearing angrily as he approaches demonstrators with a nail gun

At one point he had an angry face-off with an elderly woman before shoving her away

Police said the demonstration in the Thornhill district had been ‘peaceful’ until Abramov arrived in his car.

‘Officers identified several witnesses who stated that a male had stopped his vehicle near pro-Palestinian demonstrators and began shouting obscenities at them, while becoming confrontational with three of the protestors,’ a spokesman for the York Regional Police said.

‘At one point, one of the victims told police the suspect discharged a nail gun that he was carrying.’ 

The demonstrators claimed that the property group was selling homes on illegally occupied land in the West Bank and around 100 had turned out to protest on Sunday morning.

A counter-demonstration had been organized at the site which also hosts a synagogue, but police said both sides had been successfully kept apart and that people were freely able to enter and exit the synagogue.

‘You need to calm down and step back,’ one told Abramov as he approached.

‘You have a f***ing problem?’ he replied before shoving her.

‘You just shot that at me and you shot that at another guy!’ one is heard screaming as the heavily built man returned to his car.

Police said Abramov has been charged with assault, assault with a weapon, possessing a weapon dangerous to the public and mischief.

‘Investigation is ongoing, there is no risk to public safety at this time,’ they added in a statement shared to X.